Weather Records on 7 April 1998

1,231 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 7 April 1998. Highest significance: Minden, US.

Key Facts for 7 April 1998

On 7 April 1998, 1,231 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
640 were record highs and 111 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 16 were all-time records, 53 monthly and 1,162 daily.
Minden set a daily record precipitation of 54.6 mm (2.1 in) on 7 April 1998.
Across 165 earlier years (1800 to 2026) the same calendar date averaged 475 records.

Record Map

1,231 stations

1,231 station records on 7 April 1998 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 7 April 1998: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Minden	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	75 of 100 (Major)
Hays 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	74 of 100 (Major)
Genoa 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	71 of 100 (Major)
Ft Dodge 5NNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Sac City	United States	Record daily precipitation	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Lebanon	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	67 of 100 (Major)
Burr Oak 4S	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	66 of 100 (Major)
Mapleton No.2	United States	Record daily precipitation	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	63 of 100 (Major)
Utica	United States	Record daily precipitation	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	62 of 100 (Major)
Borken In Westfalen	Germany	Record daily precipitation	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Rockwell City	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Carroll	United States	Record daily precipitation	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	58 of 100 (Notable)
Logan 1 WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	57 of 100 (Notable)
Ida Grove 5NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Oakland	United States	Record daily precipitation	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Lenora Coop	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	56 of 100 (Notable)
Gyshgy	Turkmenistan	Record daily precipitation	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	55 of 100 (Notable)
Rekken	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Storm Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Plainville 4WNW	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Montcornet	France	Record daily precipitation	26.0 mm (1.0 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Glenwood 3SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	82.6 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Jefferson	United States	Record daily precipitation	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Loretta 1W	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Mankato	United States	Record daily precipitation	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hastings 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.2 mm (1.7 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Wakeeney	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.2 mm (1.1 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Lyons	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Superior	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.4 mm (1.7 in)	51 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Omaha #1	United States	Record daily precipitation	84.1 mm (3.3 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Mesa Verde Np	United States	Record daily precipitation	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Audubon	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Castana Exp Farm	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.0 mm (2.5 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Central City	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Harlan Co Lake	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Lusk 2 SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Seward	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.5 mm (1.8 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Esbon 7 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	46.7 mm (1.8 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Jewell	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.0 mm (2.0 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Kanawha	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.0 mm (1.9 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Orleans 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.6 mm (1.4 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Eindhoven-1	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	27.5 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nizhyn	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Konotop	Ukraine	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Damar	United States	Record daily precipitation	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Beaver City	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hardy	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Hickman	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Holdrege	United States	Record daily precipitation	28.7 mm (1.1 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Nelson	United States	Record daily precipitation	35.1 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Tekamah	United States	Record daily precipitation	36.8 mm (1.4 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Valkenburg (L)	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.9 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Schinnen	Netherlands	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Clarion	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.0 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Lovewell Dam	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.2 mm (1.8 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Columbus 3 NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Denison	United States	Record daily precipitation	86.4 mm (3.4 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Osceola	United States	Record daily precipitation	57.4 mm (2.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Plattsmouth 1E	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.5 mm (2.6 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)

Counts by Type and Timescale

1,231 records

Records set or tied on 7 April 1998 by type: Highest daily maximum 434, Lowest daily maximum 54, Highest daily minimum 206, Lowest daily minimum 57, Heaviest daily rainfall 450, Heaviest daily snowfall 21, Deepest snow cover 9.

Records on 7 April 1998 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	434
Lowest daily maximum	54
Highest daily minimum	206
Lowest daily minimum	57
Heaviest daily rainfall	450
Heaviest daily snowfall	21
Deepest snow cover	9

Records on 7 April 1998 by timescale: all-time 16, monthly 53, daily 1,162.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

1,027 broken records

Margins by which the 1,027 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

7 April 1998

Top 20 records on 7 April 1998 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
7 April 1998	Minden, US	daily rain	54.6 mm (2.1 in)	38.1 mm (1.5 in)	102 years	75 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1998	Hays 1 S, US	daily rain	58.2 mm (2.3 in)	40.4 mm (1.6 in)	84 years	74 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1998	Genoa 2 W, US	daily rain	59.2 mm (2.3 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	92 years	71 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1998	Ft Dodge 5NNW, US	daily rain	60.5 mm (2.4 in)	41.2 mm (1.6 in)	57 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1998	Sac City, US	daily rain	56.6 mm (2.2 in)	26.1 mm (1.0 in)	102 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1998	Lebanon, US	daily rain	43.9 mm (1.7 in)	31.2 mm (1.2 in)	92 years	67 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1998	Burr Oak 4S, US	daily rain	61.0 mm (2.4 in)	36.9 mm (1.5 in)	57 years	66 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1998	Mapleton No.2, US	daily rain	67.3 mm (2.6 in)	44.7 mm (1.8 in)	57 years	63 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1998	Utica, US	daily rain	53.3 mm (2.1 in)	32.5 mm (1.3 in)	60 years	62 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1998	Borken In Westfalen, DE	daily rain	32.4 mm (1.3 in)	19.2 mm (0.8 in)	55 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1998	Rockwell City, US	daily rain	57.2 mm (2.3 in)	31.8 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	61 of 100 (Major)
7 April 1998	Carroll, US	daily rain	51.1 mm (2.0 in)	30.8 mm (1.2 in)	60 years	58 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1998	Logan 1 WNW, US	daily rain	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	19.3 mm (0.8 in)	93 years	57 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1998	Ida Grove 5NW, US	daily rain	33.0 mm (1.3 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	92 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1998	Oakland, US	daily rain	54.9 mm (2.2 in)	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	57 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1998	Lenora Coop, US	daily rain	32.8 mm (1.3 in)	22.6 mm (0.9 in)	83 years	56 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1998	Gyshgy, TM	all-time rain	74.5 mm (2.9 in)	3.3 mm (0.13 in)	76 years	55 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1998	Rekken, NL	daily rain	26.4 mm (1.0 in)	15.3 mm (0.6 in)	36 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1998	Storm Lake, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	29.2 mm (1.1 in)	44 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
7 April 1998	Plainville 4WNW, US	daily rain	39.9 mm (1.6 in)	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	57 years	54 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1800 to 1998

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1800 to 1998. 1998 had 1,231 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 04-07 in each year
Year	Records
1800	1
1808	1
1809	3
1811	1
1815	2
1839	1
1844	1
1851	1
1854	2
1858	2
1859	1
1863	1
1864	4
1865	1
1866	2
1868	1
1870	1
1871	1
1872	1
1875	2
1876	2
1880	1
1881	3
1882	1
1883	2
1884	1
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1888	1
1890	3
1891	2
1893	3
1894	3
1895	2
1896	3
1897	7
1898	3
1899	8
1900	5
1901	6
1902	14
1903	10
1904	11
1905	12
1906	2
1907	33
1908	20
1909	33
1910	24
1911	24
1912	59
1913	55
1914	23
1915	33
1916	62
1917	83
1918	37
1919	157
1920	63
1921	319
1922	57
1923	83
1924	138
1925	152
1926	343
1927	99
1928	378
1929	835
1930	327
1931	406
1932	132
1933	174
1934	230
1935	381
1936	1,184
1937	170
1938	803
1939	956
1940	294
1941	258
1942	420
1943	720
1944	166
1945	356
1946	397
1947	278
1948	734
1949	237
1950	1,030
1951	311
1952	491
1953	425
1954	514
1955	198
1956	458
1957	293
1958	358
1959	384
1960	532
1961	665
1962	572
1963	630
1964	457
1965	342
1966	302
1967	569
1968	302
1969	449
1970	494
1971	1,260
1972	1,290
1973	722
1974	576
1975	1,305
1976	329
1977	1,050
1978	686
1979	691
1980	497
1981	353
1982	3,747
1983	1,517
1984	583
1985	599
1986	901
1987	724
1988	1,402
1989	1,386
1990	813
1991	2,007
1992	693
1993	590
1994	1,144
1995	897
1996	1,112
1997	1,996
1998	1,231
1999	898
2000	634
2001	1,556
2002	755
2003	2,205
2004	554
2005	1,002
2006	856
2007	2,249
2008	807
2009	1,183
2010	1,691
2011	1,187
2012	514
2013	693
2014	936
2015	658
2016	793
2017	692
2018	1,980
2019	604
2020	529
2021	758
2022	818
2023	844
2024	1,360
2025	645
2026	381

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Data for records on 1998-04-07: CSV or JSON. Field meanings are on the data page.

Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	946
20 to 40	65
40 to 60	10
60 to 80	1
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	3
120 to 140	1